Badge



(No Model.)

0. T. EADS.

BADGE. No. 569,039. Patented Oct.- 6, 1896.

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OLIVER T. EADS, OF HARVEY, ILLINOIS.

BADGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,039, dated October6, 1896.

Application filed June 25, 1896- Serial No. 596,850- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, OLIVER '1. EADS, of Harvey, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inBadges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices designed to be worn upon a personscoat or vest to afford amusement or to serve as a hint to a questionerthat the person wearing the device is receiving more inquiries upon hisprivate affairs than he deems necessary.

The invention comprises the representation of a man, in which there is arelative movement between the head and body portion, and means attachedto the head for connecting the device to an article of clothing.

The invention further consists in the com struction and novelarrangement of parts, as hereinafterspecified,and particularlypointedout in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a rear elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 ofFig. 2.

The badge comprises a body portion 1 of box-like construction andstamped out of suitable metal. Its lower end 2 is curved rearward, andfrom this lower end a back plate 3 extends upward, and to the lower endof the body portion a cord or similar connection 4 is attached. As hereshown, the back plate 3 is separated from the main body portion 1, andthe cord at is passed through the side openings and over the inner sideof the bottom portion 2.

Movable relatively to the body portion 1 is a head portion 5, stampedout of suitable metal, and this head portion 5 has an elongated neckportion 6 extended down into the body portion. This neck portion 6 has alength substantially that of the body portion, and it is guided in itsvertical movements by means of a plate 7, cut from and extended inwardand engaging at its edges against the inner sides of the neck portion.This plate 7 is arranged near the upper end of the body portion, and thelower end of the neck portion is turned inward, as at 8. This portion 8,by striking against the plate 7, will prevent a complete separation ofthe parts. Therefore the parts 7 and 8 provide a stop.

A spring 9 is connected at its lower end with the plate '7 and at itsupper end to the inner side of the head 5 at the top thereof. Thisspring 9 will allow a downward movement of the body portion relativelyto the head portion, but upon releasing the body portion the said springwillreturn the body portion to its normal position.

A device for securing the body to an article of clothing is attached tothe head portion 5. As here shown, this fastening device consists of apinlO, having pivotal or swinging connection at one end with the innerside of the head and adapted to engage at its free end in a keeper 11,attached to the inner side of the head.

From the above description the operation of the device is quite obvious.It may be stated, however, that a wearer upon receiving undue attentionfrom a visitor or becoming tired of the questions of the visitor maydisplay the device, and then by drawing downward on the string at movethe body portion 1 relatively to the head portion 5, which will give theappearance of elongating or stretching the neck of the badge, thisstretchin g of the neck serving as a hint to the visitor that furtherquestioning is not desired.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A badge havingthe representation of a human being, and comprising a body portion and ahead portion, the said head portion having an elongated neck extendinginto the body portion, the said body portion being adapted to slide onthe neck portion, and a spring connecting the head portion with the bodyportion, substantially as specified.

2. A badge, comprising a body portion and a head portion, one parthaving a movement relatively to the other part, the head part having anelongated neck extended into the body portion, a string or similardevice connected to the body portion, a spring connected at one end tothe body portion and at the other end to the head portion, and afastening device on the head portion, substantially as specified.

3. A badge,having the representation of a human being and comprising abody portion and head portion, the body portion being movable relativelyto the head portion, an elongated neck portion extended from the headinto the body portion, the lower end of said neck being turned inward toengage with an inwardly-turned plate at the upper end of the bodyportion, and a spring connected at one end to said inwardly-turned plateand at the other end to the inner side of the head at the top,substantially as specified.

4. A badge, comprising a body portion of box-like construction having aback plate,

the upper end of which has an inwardlyturned portion or plate, a headportion having an elongated neck extended into the body portion andguided in its movement by the inwardly-turned portion of the back plate,the said inwardly-turned portion of the back plate also serving as astop to prevent a complete detachment of the parts, a spring extendedfrom said inwardly-turned portion to a connection with the inner side ofthe head portion near its top, and a fastening-pin on the head portion,substantially as specified.

OLIVER T. EADS.

Witnesses:

D. A. MOORE, J. VAN DELT.

